I love this girl!

This is how I usually find her when I go to get her from her naps. Brad thinks she's training them for a world take over.

Challenges

When I started my new blog So You Think You're Crafty, I was new to the whole craft world blogging thing. I have had more challenges that I thought I would have with it. Don't get me wrong. It's been an awesome experience and I will continue to do it.

I'm just surprised by how deeply the crafters feel for what they do. I know I shouldn't be surprised since people should feel pride for the things they create and accomplish. I'm just disipointed that they let those emotions get the best of them. They act and say things that I don't think they would do or say under other circumstances. Honestly, I feel that reacting in that way does more harm than good for yourself. I wish that people would try to handle situations in a respectful manner with an open mind and a forgiving attitude.

Princess on Ice

Last December while visiting my sisters family in Cleveland we go to go see Disney on Ice. Abbi was still in the sit-on-your-lap-and-be-happy-about-everything stage, but she really did seem to like it. So when we found out that Brad got a discount for the Princess show through work we decided to go.

Before it started Abbi was so excited. She was laughing and clapping and everything. But then the announcer guy came on and ruined everything. He scared her to death. For the first hour she was super clingy and would cry every time we tried to move her.

Then intermission came and she started to calm down, but she still wasn't going to humor us with a smile.

The lady sitting next to us let Abbi play with her plane (after Abbi used every little charm a 17 month old has to get it) and she warmed up a little bit.

Then Cinderella started and she LOVED it. She laughed and danced and had so much fun! We've been watching Cinderella everyday since then and she still loves it.

Overall it was a really fun night! I can't wait til we do it next year. Maybe we'll let Abbi dress up and not be the only little girl not in a full on princess outfit next time.

Halloween!

Sorry it's taken me so long to get the blog updated. But better late then never right? So here's a pictorial post of our Halloween weekend!

Brad Attacking his pumpkin.

It was like 4 inches think! We had to use a screwdriver to carve it.



We have discovered Abbi's greatest fear...pumpkin guts. She was screaming her head off as we would pull it out of the pumpkins. I was a bad mom and put some on her tray so I could get a video of her terror. Needless to say, we put her down to bed early so we could finish the carving.

Here they are finished! I painted my little ghosts white while Brad made his giant vampire.

So pretty! Too bad Abbi missed it.

Our Ward had a "Trunk-or-Treat" (which I love by the way. 30 minutes and the whole neighborhood is taken care of then you can go party). Abbi was a Skunk Princess and I just wore my cloak for when I was a living history person.

My cute stinker.

When we got her home and checked her bag 80% of the candy was from our bucket. She loved to put stuff in her bag.

After the trunk-or-treat we went to Brian and Kristy's for our 2nd Annual Halloween Bash. We had pizza and played Sing Star. So fun!

If you want to win I wouldn't recommend their team:)

Random Fun!

We've had so much fun this last little bit of warm weather. Here's what we've been up to:

Playing in the leaves after church in the parking lot.

Taking walks to visit the ducks.

Playing in our favorite toy.

Coloring with Daddy.

and sliding down the sofa-slide Daddy made.

We've had so much fun!

Fun With the Sidwells

We had so much fun a few weeks ago going up to 2nd Dam to have a bonfire with our friends the Sidwells. They have a little girl a little younger than Abbi and they have so much fun together. And Sarah and I are basically the same person so we always have a lot of fun. It was my first time up to 2nd Dam which is weird since I've lived in Logan for like 5 years. We'll be going again for sure!

Finally!

During my last semester at USU I mostly had Child Development classes for my minor left to take. One of my very favorites was the Infant/Toddler Lab. I loved working with all those little kids! I really wanted Abbi to be able to be one of the little kids when we moved back from California and mentioned this to the woman in charge. She looked at me and said, "You should go up right after class and put her name on the waiting list." Was she kidding? I was only 5 months pregnant! I still had a long time before she was even born let alone moved back! I took her advice anyway.

Today I had an awesome phone call. After more than 19 months of being on the waiting list a spot finally opened for January! I'm so excited! It's for an hour, 3 times a week. Perfect for running my errands. I'm so excited! I bet Abbi is going to LOVE it!

*Halloween pictures will be coming in the next day or two. I thought I would have them up by now, but my new website is going crazy right now. I had no idea it would be such a hit!*

First Week Challenge

The first theme has just been announced, the crafts are up and the voting has started. I was so nervous about it and I'm not even doing a craft! I really am astonished by how successful it already is and I'm having so much fun. I hope it continues to go well.

The first week is Harvest. Everybody go check it out and cast a vote for your favorite!

Well I'm...

one day away from being 3 months behind on my scrapbook. Am I going to work on it now while Abbi is napping? No, I'm going to go read.

Another New Adventure

Here's my latest adventure. I'm really excited about this one.

It's "So You Think You Can Dance" for craft bloggers. I've got 10 AMAZING crafters that will be competing head-to-head in 10 challenges. Each weeks the winners craft will be made into a tutorial, but the loser will be sent home. Here's the fun part. Each week there will be a poll where you will vote for the best! You will choose the winner. It all starts on November 2nd when the first theme will be announced. Head on over to the site to check out the crafters.